Venerable Father: A Life with Ajahn Chah
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24 March 2014A fun, great read!
After learning about the late Ajahn Chah who influenced so many senior Buddhists and meditation teachers in the West, including Jack Kornfield, Ajahn Nyanadhammo among others, I wanted to learn as much about him as possible.
3 December 2013Sadhu!
This is really a beautiful book, I nearly stayed up all night reading it.
18 November 2012Funny and smart, inspiring story
Great book for those who have interst in vipasana meditation and Buddhism in Thailand.
7 October 2012Excellent, authentic account and inspiring teachings
I was a monk in Burma, a monastic at one of the Ajahn Chah forest monasteries in the West, and have practiced at forest monasteries in Thailand for a couple of months.
12 April 2012Reading this book was like attending a retreat.
I have just completed this book.
17 January 2011Excellent First-Person Account
I very much enjoyed the high level of detail provided in this book, particularly as it pertains to Theravada Buddhist life in Thailand and Ajahn Chah's distinctive personality.
4 July 2009Great read
I heartily recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Ajahn Chah and/or Buddhism and the Thai Forest Tradition.
14 April 2008Forest monastery human rights abuses
From the moment I picked this book up I could not really put it down until I finished it.
28 January 2005namo tassa bhagvato arahato sammasambhudtassa
An absolutely timeless account .
27 January 2005Buddhism: could it be Love?
Venerable Father, I didn't want to put it down A 1970's true story of a western monk in Thailand monasteries, living the monk's life while living with and under the guidance of the very well respected Ajahn Chah.